NI GCSE results show improvement across all grades

Council facilities closed after Storm Ellen

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News   What's On   Lifestyle              Aug 20, 2020           If you receive this email as a subscriber thank you for supporting us. If you are a registered reader on our site you can further help us continue to produce quality journalism that matters. Digital subscription to the News Letter are available on www.newsletter.co.uk/subscriptions and pay just £1 for the first three months           Teacher-assessed GCSE results have seen an improvement across all grades in Northern Ireland           Some 29,000 students in Northern Ireland received results this morning from the locally based examinations body CCEA.                 IFA referee Richard Scott dies in accident at work with NIE   NIE networks has launched an investigation after a member of staff died in an accident at a substation today.           RUC foundation 'appalled' at claims by victims' group Relatives for Justice   The CEO of a Troubles victims' group has claimed that the RUC George Cross Foundation is still supporting a disgraced officer – who took his own life almost 30 years ago.           NI traders: Another coronavirus lockdown could put us out of business   Businesses may not "bounce back" if local lockdown measures are introduced in Mid and East Antrim, traders in the area have warned.           Storm Ellen forces closure of council facilities in north west   The aftermath of Storm Ellen has forced the closure of a number of council facilities in Co Londonderry.               Remembering Ulster's last RAF fighter pilot who was killed in WWII   With the inconceivable tragedy and horror of WWII undiminished by the passing of three quarters of a century, the 75th anniversary of VJ Day last weekend was a profound combination of remembrance, reflection, commemoration, and celebration.       BYGONE DAYS OF YORE: De Valera 'might as well use a pitchfork to stop the tide'   Members of Drumbeg Star of the East RBP No 891 had a new banner unfurled at Lisburn Orange Hall by Mrs D Cowan, WM Drumbeg Women's Lodge and County Deputy Mistress, Antrim No 3, during this week in August 1932, reported the News Letter.                             Injured Keith Farmer due to undergo surgery as British Superbike rider admits he could miss rest of season           Luckless Keith Farmer has admitted he could miss the rest of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship through injury.                   Glentoran's Robbie McDaid targets European adventure after domestic bliss   Glentoran striker Robbie McDaid is hoping to carry his hot domestic scoring streak into tonight's European debut.       Flashback: Robbie Keane joins Coventry in recordBritish £6M fee for teenage footballer in 1999   Robbie Keane became the most expensive teenager in British football when he joined Coventry in August 1999.       Rory McIlroy rules out the Irish Open due to coronavirus   Rory McIlroy has confirmed he will not compete in this year's Dubai Duty Free Irish Open - or any other tournaments outside the United States for the foreseeable future.                   View more news

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